Container



Feb. 17, 1931. J. H. BUSWELL CONTAINER Filed June 9, 1928 D I I QINVENTOR. BCY k $1M 'W' A TTORNEYS Patented Feb. 17, 1931 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE JAllIES I-I. BUSWELL, 0F KALA MAZOO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOB-TO MILWAUKEE PAPER' I BOX COMPANY, OI MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ACORPORATION OF WISCONSIN CONTAINER Application filed June 9, 1928.Serial No. 284,183.

This invention relates to improvements in containers and particularlyboxes adapted for candy and the like. I i

I There are nineteen or more'recognized holi- 5 days which are featuredby retailers dealing in candy, flowers, favors, etc. It has heretoforebeen customary to offer special boxes or containers printed suitablyforeach of the different holidays so featured. Usually many of such boxesor containers remain unsold and considerable expense is involved inmaintaining an adequate stock thereof.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a special form ofbox interchangeably adaptable for any ofthe numerous featured holidaysand to provide a box in which the interchangeable portion, which-bears alegend suitable to the particularholiday, may be conveniently andquickly changed and will nevertheless conform to the general design ofthe box in such a way that the interchangeable feature will notbeconspicuous, J

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the box embodying this invention.

Figures 2 and 3 are plan views of interchangeable legend bearing platesrespectively adapted to be substituted for the plate shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary detail in side elevation of the upper cornerof a box embodying this invention, the top ply of the cover being brokenaway to the section indicated at 4 4 in Figure 1 inorder' to illustratethe manner of mounting the legend bearing plates.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughoutthe several views.

In its preferred. form the container embodying this invention willcomprise a cardboard or paste board box 5 with a cover 6,

having an upper ply 7 which lies flat upon the cover except at 8 and 9where it provides pockets accessible through the slots 10.

The cover 6 will preferably bear at 15 a legend of some generic naturesuch as that illustrated which will be appropriate for each of thevarious holidays to be commemorated.

cover of a" At 16 is an interchangeable plate which, in

the embodiment of the invention illustrated,

is made in the form of a legal sealer wafer provided with tongues 17receivable into pockets 8 and 9 through the slots 10. The

interchangeable wafer may be made to carry any one of a number ofsuitable legends which, instead of being generic like the legend at 15,are specific to some particular holiday. F or example the wafer shown inFigure 1 is specific to Mothers Day while those shown in Figures 2 and 3are peculiarly adapted for birthday and graduation use.

p The design of the box cover may be so worked out that the wafer 16will become virtually a part thereof. For example a ribbon mayberepresented or actually mounted on'the cover at 18 to pass beneath theinterchangeable wafer 16 to the end that the wafer may appear to bemounted thereon for the purpose of sealing the ribbon. In this way theinterchangeable feature is made conspicuous and at the same time it willbe obvious to those skilled in the art that a retailer. may be equippedto supply'all holiday demands withkno duplication in stock other thanthe stock of inexpensive wafers 16 which may be requested." V It will beapparent that many other arrangements and constructions of parts may beworked out in conformity with this invention and the specific disclosureherein will be understood, therefore, to be merely representative of thepossibility in this regard.

I claim: 7

A, box cover having its top ply provided with spaced slots, said plybeing free of said cover adjacent said slots whereby to provide pocketsin said cover to which access is afforded through said slots, adecorative band pasing across said cover between said slots and a waferin the form of a seal for said band and having tongues receivable in 7

